Politics

Symbolic football match in Brussels for Qatar workers

The International Trade Union Confederation holds a symbolic football match to draw attention to allegations of appalling working conditions in the preparation of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

Oct 7, 2013

Harrison Ford in Berlin to promote 'Ender's Game'

Harrison Ford was in Berlin to promote his latest film "Ender's Game" with Ben Kingsley. The Sci-Fi drama will start screening October 24 in Germany, October 25 in the UK, November 1 in the US and November 6 in France.

Oct 7, 2013

Car bomb kills three policemen in Egypt's Sinai

Suspected militants killed nine people in attacks in Egypt on Monday. In south Sinai, a car bomb explosion outside provincial police headquarters killed three policemen, the interior ministry said.

Oct 7, 2013

Palestinian Oktoberfest beer festival draws crowds

Despite a change of venue, music and beer drew scores of Palestinians to the Taybeh Ocktoberfest this year. The beer festival was held in a hotel in Ramallah instead of the town of Taybeh, a tiny Christian village which is home to the only Palestinian beer brewery.

Oct 7, 2013

Japan Airlines orders 31 Airbus planes in $9.5 bn deal

Airbus announces a $9.5 billion deal with Japan Airlines, its first jet order from the carrier that challenges rival Boeing's dominance in the Japanese market.

Oct 7, 2013

Diamond fetches record $30.6 million at HKG auction

A 118.28-carat white diamond breaks a world record when it fetches more than $30 million at a Hong Kong auction.

Oct 7, 2013

US launches new $100 banknote

The United States launches on Tuesday a new $100 bill that comes with, for the iconic greenback, a new touch of color, as well as special features to foil counterfeiters. Duration: 00:47

Oct 7, 2013

Prince William at football event in Buckingham Palace

Britain's Prince William warned footballers to watch the Buckingham Palace windows on Monday as Queen Elizabeth II's official residence staged the first football match in its 308-year history. Duration: 00:44

Oct 7, 2013

Yale, Berkeley professors win Nobel Prize for Medicine

A trio of American scientists, one of them German-born, win the Nobel Prize for Medicine for pioneering work on the body's cell transport system, unlocking insights into diabetes, immune disorders and other diseases. Duration:00:59

Oct 7, 2013

Mexico football team trains ahead of crucial game against Panama

Mexico will face Panama on Friday. It will be a crucial match for the Mexican "Tri" if they want to qualify for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Duration: 00:47

Oct 7, 2013

Guinea opposition wants annulment as votes are tallied

Guinea's opposition called on Friday for the annulment of parliamentary elections held on September 28, alleging that the vote had been tarnished by widespread fraud. Duration: 00:54

Oct 7, 2013

Indian Hindu devotees prepare for Durga Puja festival

A clay statue of the Indian Hindu goddess Durga is transported from a workshop in Kumartoli, the idol makers' village, by boat on the river Ganges to a place of worship in Kolkata on October 6, 2013. Duration: 00:36

Oct 7, 2013

Jairam Ramesh takes a jibe at Modi over malnutrition report

Patna, Oct 6 (ANI): Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Sunday took a jibe at the prime ministerial candidate of main opposition, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Narendra Modi after a report by the country's audit body said every third child is underweight in Gujarat of which Modi is also the Chief Minister. Ramesh refused to give credit to Modi for Gujarat's development by saying that the barometers of growth in Gujarat had remained the same since 2000.

Oct 6, 2013

BJP blames congress for backwardness of Muslim community

Ajmer, Oct 6 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), accused the ruling Congress for lack of education and rampant unemployment among the youth of the Muslim community. BJP organized a huge rally on Sunday in poll bound Rajasthan where the leaders lashed at the ruling Congress for its anti people policies. This was the first rally of BJP in the region after the announcement of the polls in five states. BJP leader Syed Shahnawaz Hussain, lashed at the Congress for creating a rift between the Muslims and the BJP by attacking its secular image time and again. Meanwhile former Chief Minister of of Rajasthan, Vasundhara Raje too denounced the Congress for dividing the people of the region on caste lines.

Oct 6, 2013

Rashid Alvi on Salman Bashir's statement

New Delhi, Oct 6 (ANI): After Pakistan High Commissioner, Salman Bashir claimed that reports of incursion and infiltrations into the Indian Territory by Pakistan were baseless, Congress leader Rashid Alvi said that his statement makes no difference and is unbelievable. He further said that instead of Bashir, the Pakistan government should deny if it wants to dismiss the allegations of infiltration.

Oct 6, 2013